Achibale: Mara

Mara (Dolichotis patagona) ndi makoswe ofanana ndi mumps, banja la semi-ungulates (Caviidae). Amakhala pampas ku Argentina komanso m'malo amiyala a Patagonia. Nyama yaikulu, mosiyana ndi makoswe ena. Amawoneka ngati kalulu. Kutalika kwa mutu ndi thupi ndi 69-75 masentimita, kulemera kwa thupi - 9-16 kg. Mara ali ndi bulauni-imvi, imvi kapena bulauni ndi "galasi" loyera kumbuyo, monga nswala, malaya a ubweya wokhuthala, omwe amakhala dzimbiri m'mbali, ndi zoyera pamimba. Mara ali ndi miyendo yayitali komanso yolimba, mphuno imafanana kwambiri ndi kalulu, koma ndi makutu akuluakulu aafupi. Maso akuluakulu akuda amakutidwa ndi nsidze zokhuthala zomwe zimawateteza ku dzuwa lowala komanso mphepo yamphamvu yomwe imanyamula mchenga m'zigwa zouma za Patagonia. 

Mara (Dolichotis patagonica) Nthawi zambiri amakhala m'magulu ang'onoang'ono. Amayenda polumpha. Nyama zimenezi zimagwira ntchito masana. Amakhala usiku wonse m'maenje. M'malo okhala anthu, amapita kukapeza chakudya madzulo, m'madera ena - usana. Khosweyu amakumba maenje kapena amagwiritsa ntchito malo otetezedwa ndi nyama zina. Nthawi zambiri amapezeka awiriawiri kapena magulu ang'onoang'ono a anthu 10-12. M'litali limodzi, ana 2-5 amabadwa. Ana otukuka bwino amabadwira m’makumba, omwe amatha kuthamanga nthawi yomweyo. Pangozi, akuluakulu nthawi zonse amatha kuthawa. 

Mara (Dolichotis patagonica) Malongosoledwe abwino kwambiri a mboni yowona ndi maso J. Durrell akusonyeza zizoloŵezi ndi mikhalidwe ya moyo wa nyama imeneyi ya ku South America: “Pamene tinayandikira nyanja, malo anasintha pang’onopang’ono; Kuchokera lathyathyathya mtunda anakhala pang'ono undulating, m'madera ena mphepo, kugwetsa pamwamba wosanjikiza dothi, poyera chikasu ndi dzimbiri-wofiira timiyala, lalikulu mawanga amene ankafanana zilonda pa ubweya khungu la dziko lapansi. Madera achipululuwa ankawoneka ngati malo okonda kwambiri nyama zachidwi - akalulu a Patagonian, chifukwa pamiyala yonyezimira tinkawapeza nthawi zonse awiriawiri, ndipo ngakhale m'magulu ang'onoang'ono - atatu, anayi. 

Mara (Dolichotis patagonica) Zinali zolengedwa zachilendo zomwe zinkawoneka ngati zachititsidwa khungu mwachisawawa. Anali ndi mlomo wosaoneka bwino, wofanana kwambiri ndi wa kalulu, makutu a kalulu ang’onoang’ono, audongo, ndi miyendo ing’onoing’ono yakutsogolo. Koma miyendo yawo yakumbuyo inali yaikulu komanso yamphamvu. Chomwe chinawakopa kwambiri chinali maso awo aakulu, akuda, onyezimira okhala ndi zikope zouma. Monga mikango yaying'ono ku Trafalgar Square, akalulu amagona pamiyala, akuwotha dzuwa, kutiyang'ana ife ndi modzikuza. Amawalola kuti ayandikire kwambiri, ndipo mwadzidzidzi nsidze zawo zofowoka zidagwa pansi, ndipo akalulu omwe ali ndi liwiro lodabwitsa adapezeka atakhala. Iwo anatembenuza mitu yawo ndipo, atatiyang’ana, anatengeredwa ku chilala choyenda cha m’chizimezime ndi milumpha ikuluikulu ya akasupe. Madontho akuda ndi oyera kumbuyo kwawo amawoneka ngati akubwerera. " 

Mara ndi nyama yamantha komanso yamanyazi ndipo imatha kufa chifukwa cha mantha osayembekezereka. Imadya zakudya zosiyanasiyana zamasamba. Zikuoneka kuti chilombo pafupifupi konse kumwa, kukhala wokhutira ndi chinyezi zili mu udzu wolimba ndi nthambi.